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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 2042Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 May 2042391,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
391,186 km243,072 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 19, 204210:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 26, 204218:18

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2042 to the new moon of June 17, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.